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Plane wave

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002813

A theoretical wave whose wavefronts are infinite parallel planes and whose direction of propagation is perpendicular to these planes. In seismology, this is a useful approximation for a spherical wave from a distant source, where the curvature of the wavefront is negligible over the area of interest, such as a receiver array. Plane wave decomposition is a processing technique that transforms seismic data into a domain of propagation angle and slowness.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002813
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002813",
  "term": "Plane wave",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A theoretical wave whose wavefronts are infinite parallel planes and whose direction of propagation is perpendicular to these planes. In seismology, this is a useful approximation for a spherical wave from a distant source, where the curvature of the wavefront is negligible over the area of interest, such as a receiver array. Plane wave decomposition is a processing technique that transforms seismic data into a domain of propagation angle and slowness.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/plane-wave/"
}

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